I am almost 15 weeks pregnant. I noticed this week just how pregnant I am starting to look. I have definitely made the almost full transition to maternity pants, and I'm having to sort out some shirts. I had wanted to wait a little while longer to tell my students, but I couldn't have hidden it much longer than I did. (I told them 2 weeks ago) We waited until after telling our TeenWorks kids to make it public knowledge. I'm happy that it's public now! We have been wanting to shout it from the rooftops since we found out in September.
Let's see, answers to the typical questions- yes, we were trying; yes, we're super excited; no, we don't know what it is yet (well...a baby); our ultrasound is December 5; we have not decided on names (although we agree that a junior is out of the question); I have not been sick (thank you, Lord!), just sleepy; I don't feel the little one moving around yet, still a little early for that; our nursery theme is monkeys (Toys R Us registry is already started if you'd like to check it out); yes, our families are excited (excited might be a calm word...thrilled is a good one); while it doesn't really matter to us if it's a girl or boy, we each have our hopes and people in our camp (currently most old wives tales lean boy, heartbeat leans girl...obviously these are not accurate decision making tools, but interesting points).
What did I leave out??
Fun, nerdy fact. The baby is due May 4th, which is commonly known as Star Wars Day in the nerd world (May the 4th--force-- be with you...). In honor of this, we decided the baby would be called Wookiee (the correct spelling, according to Wookieepedia.com) until further notice. Unfortunately, I did have to explain to my students that would not be it's legal name.
My students have been fantastic. Most of them have their own names for it, though lima bean is my favorite. They don't want to let me hand things out, so they are being much more helpful. Now, if only that would translate to them doing their work so that they can pass and not stress me out.
In non-baby news, I'm going back to school. I am going to get my master's degree in English from ECU, as they have a completely online program. Not sure when I'm going to start at this point, but soon I hope. I decided I was ready for a new challenge; I just didn't realize I would get two new challenges at once.
Looking forward to a long weekend!!!
